stars & stripes /

July 23, 2012

With the Olympics right around the corner, people are letting their patriotism fly freely. Lately the American Flag is everywhere… all over everyone’s bodies. I wonder if most of these people rocking those American Flag denim cutoffs and shirts have any idea that there is a US Flag Code that specifically states what you can and can’t do with the flag. Apparently, even wearing the flag on a t-shirt is the same as wearing the actual flag. Yes. According to the Flag Code, a flag is anything “by which the average person seeing the same without deliberation may believe the same to represent the flag.” The words “flag, standard, colors, or ensign”, as used herein, shall include any flag, standard, colors, ensign, or any picture or representation of either, or of any...